After 163 years, India ends its telegram service

With nearly one billion cellphone subscribers, the telegram finally outlives its usefulness in India

• Jul 14, 2013

Iran "closer and closer to the bomb," Netanyahu says

Israeli prime minister says he "won't wait until it's too late" to deal with Iran's nuclear weapons threat, prods for more U.S. sanctions

• Jul 14, 2013

Syrian government seizes on its momentum in civil war

Opposition forces come under heavy fire in Syria's capital; gains by government seen across country

• Jul 14, 2013

ElBaradei sworn-in as Egypt's vice president

Despite new leadership taking root, the Muslim Brotherhood has not given up on getting ex-President Morsi back in office

• Jul 14, 2013

Dozens of police, lawmaker wounded in latest Northern Ireland riots

Attempt to curb anti-Catholic fraternity's provocation backfires on authorities, leads to running street battles in Belfast

• Jul 14, 2013

Deadly typhoon surges across Taiwan, hits China

Powerful storm forces evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from coastal Chinese province, killing at least 2

• Jul 13, 2013

Egypt weighs charges against Morsi for damaging economy

Life more difficult for some Egyptians after revolution led to election, then ouster of first democratically elected president

• Jul 13, 2013

Iraq: Blasts at Sunni mosques in Baghdad kill 21

Bombs exploded outside two Sunni mosques in Baghdad late Saturday, killing at least 21 people leaving prayers

• Jul 13, 2013

Ambush kills 7 U.N. peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur

17 people have been wounded in the deadliest ever single attack on the international force in the country

• Jul 13, 2013

Bells chime to honor runaway oil train victims

Church bells tolled 50 times in a small Quebec town in memory of the 50 people who died after a horrific oil train derailment

• Jul 13, 2013

Russia: No asylum application from Edward Snowden

National Security Agency leaker's paperwork hasn't been received by officials a day after he announces intention to stay in Russia

• Jul 13, 2013

Asiana Airlines flight 214 crew seemed surprised by crash

Benjamin Levy, a passenger, said after crew on deadly flight "overwhelmed" by "chaos" of tail ripping off, he and others were helping people to safety

• Jul 13, 2013

Asiana Airlines president apologizes for crash

While the cause of the crash in San Francisco is yet to be determined, airline says the pilots -- all South Koreans -- were "skilled"

• Jul 13, 2013

Plane crash victims were 16-year-old Chinese schoolgirls

Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, both 16, were likely among the 70 Chinese students on board on their way to summer camps

• Jul 13, 2013

Volcanic ash shuts small Mexico airport 7 hours

Airport in Puebla was temporarily closed due to ash from the Popocatepetl volcano

• Jul 12, 2013

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